But those surveys are across all legal careers, not specifically corporate lawyers in biglaw. There are plenty of people who are unhappy because they took on an insane amount of debt on the expectation that they would make biglaw money, be running a trial on their first day, have clients that adored and respected them, etc.Johnnybgoode92 wrote:I’m glad you like your situation. Aside from your anecdotes, however, many studies and surveys have been cited in this thread indicating that law has some of the lowest professional satisfaction rates. The amount of lawyers who regret their careers is astronomical compared to the overwhelming majority of other professions. To blanket over that fact and not even try to explain it is not helpful.nealric wrote:The people who post in these threads tend to be the malcontents. If you are happy with your job, you are probably not posting on TLS about it. I'm in tax, not corporate, but under the transactional umbrella. I see what those folks do (and was officemates with a corporate associate for the first two years before we got private offices). I have a family member who is a corporate partner.ProbablyWaitListed wrote:God this shit is scary
The sort of experience this thread rants and rave about does exist, but it's not universal. I think things tend to be better if you avoid the massive NYC M&A shops. Smaller and more niche groups allow for better experiences early on.
As far as in-house. I have one of the supposedly mythical in-house roles. I can't say everything is perfect, but it's a very good gig. Almost nothing I do is routine. The biggest downside of in-house work is the politics, but it's not like politics don't exist in every work setting.
Not that corporate law can't be miserable. I'd never do it. But I have colleagues who really enjoy their corporate practice. They're generally not the ones posting about it online.